title: Hemorrhagic unilateral retinopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the possible etiologies of a hemorrhagic unilateral retinopathy in healthy patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series and review of the literature. All patients underwent a detailed ophthalmologic evaluation and analyses of their medical histories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven eyes of 10 patients with unexplained unilateral, predominantly deep, intraretinal hemorrhages were identified. All patients were women. Mean age of the subjects was 48.4 years (range, 25-83 years). The main complaint at presentation was sudden visual loss, with visual acuity ranging from 20/20 to hand motion. The mean follow-up was 17 months, and the 9 eyes with follow-up showed spontaneous resolution of the hemorrhages and marked improvement of vision. There was no history of Valsalva maneuver or strenuous exercise. The patients were healthy at presentation and during follow-ups as long as 84 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This series depicts the characteristics of a possible new entity with a review of the differential diagnosis. The visual outcome was excellent.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; †Deceased; ‡Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; §Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; and ¶Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Veronica A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kon Graversen
authors.forename: Lee M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jampol
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landers
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slakter
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Brucker
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rabb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity